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SHAPE-EU explores DISTRICT-LEVEL renovation examples in Tallinn Energy Cities and the Estonian union of cooperative housing associations (EKYL) organised a study tour on Tuesday 18 October 2022 in the renovated district of Mustamäe, in Tallinn, the EU Green Capital 2023. EKYL is one of the largest citizen-initiated organisations in Estonia and pioneer for housing federations…

For any policymaker, city, housing provider or construction expert who is trying to get his or her head around how to kickstart or scale up socially-just renovation in Eastern Europe, here are 10 first takeaways from the first study visit of the European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU to Tallinn. 1. Political commitment, leadership and continuous public…

MEP Marcos Ros Sempere, S&D Coordinator in the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development is officially the very first Ambassador of the SHAPE-EU project which is the point of reference for a socially-inclusive Renovation Wave and New European Bauhaus. He immediately associated his mission as an European policymaker with the goal of making Sustainable Housing for Social Impact…

SHAPE-EU will participate in Eurocities Social Innovation Lab that will take place on 19-21 October in Bologna, Italy. The event will prompt city representatives to share and co-create innovative solutions supporting an inclusive and just energy transition. “Eurocities social innovation lab is one of the best places for the SHAPE-EU project to be represented,” says…

The project European Affordable Housing Consortium: Sustainable Housing for Social Impact (SHAPE-EU), with Housing Europe as Project coordinator, supports SMEs, public authorities, and affordable housing providers (end-users) to implement lighthouse district-level renovation projects targeting social and affordable housing that integrate innovative features, such as the use of smart, circular and modular renovation technologies, people-centred business…

A city the housing world looks up to, reconnecting after almost three years of working from the screen, passion to deliver affordable and future-proof decent housing, sharing new challenges and experiences, one-to-one opportunities to re-connect, sunshine and seagulls. This was the third International Social Housing Festival (ISHF).  After two years of planning, from the 14th…

This end of June was marked by the 11th edition of the World Urban Forum. The event, established by the United Nations, is the largest global conference on sustainable urbanization. Katowice lies in one of the main industrial hubs in Europe. With a high number of jobs dependent on fossil fuel extraction, Katowice will be…